Music – Page 194 – Ivor.Plumber/Poet

On and On We Go

Yesterday I attended (via Zoom) an event called a, ” Poetry of Gratitude: Writing Circle”, hosted by Ali Grimshaw. During the meeting we were given two separate “5 minute” writing sessions to write two poems, and below is one the poems that I had written in my allotted time. Tomorrow I might present the other poem that I wrote.

If you are you interesting in joining the wonderful world of Ali’s “Writing Circle” you can find more information via clicking on this link > > https://flashlightbatteries.blog/2020/11/10/sunday-writing-circle/

On and On We Go

every second, a commitment

every breath, a moment

every moment, a feeling

every feeling has a heartbeat

and the beat goes on and on

a soft beat to every step, to and froe

and step by step the moments go

a quest for answers never stops

until our eternal sun drops

Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020

Ascending

Every day we ascend

We awake, stretch, and bend

Arise from our dreams

Curiosity bursting at the seams

Step by step we climb

In search of life’s rhyme

That crescendo of love

Cascading from above

The quest for answers never stops

Until our eternal sun drops

Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020

Home Is (a Senryu).

Home is in my mind

Home is nearby, and afar

Home’s a distant star

Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020…

Revolving

Time is tiresome, here loafing around

Best I search for my chi at lost and found

I need a reliable Puffin’ Billy

To find a track that’s not too hilly

Heading towards a time and place

Where my mind can safely settle and touch base

While our new revolution replays the old collections

Of peace, love, and compassion without interjections

Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020

Broken Shoes

My poem “Broken Shoes”, was totally inspired by Kate’s (CalmKate) thought provoking poem “Witness” you can ‘view her original post’, by clicking on this link >>https://aroused.blog/2020/11/11/witness/

Broken Shoes

More sad news, more sexual abuse

Women being dumped like broken shoes

While men stupidly protect their ‘mates’

Knowing about their blatant mistakes

The multitude’s calls are loud and clear

Victims are not the ones to be smeared

Stop being matey fakes

Decline their dirty handshakes

The continuing abuse is a disgrace

It’s time for male attitudes to about-face

Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020

A Snowman Falls

A Snowman Falls

The writing is on the wall

Did you see the words fall?

From stars of blue, one and all

The letters stood humble and tall

Shimmering like Niagara Falls

Announcing the new overhaul

Choirs sang within tenement halls

Medicine-men debuted at the White House ball

And did you hear the snowman fall?

Into his dishonest cannon balls

Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020

Primates Wearing Bibs and L-plates

We’ve been plodding in waterlogged boots

Even neighbours heard the squelch over the owl hoots

Daily we waded among flooding restrictions

But those wet chains were sad afflictions

Full of overflowing mistakes and contradictions

Stay true to your imaginations predictions

Ignore the backstabbers and haters

About time they removed their bibs and L-plates

Gargled their foul voices and cleaned the slates

About time they stopped acting like scared primates

Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020

Pink Looks Good on a Black or White Background

Yesterday I celebrated Oaks-Day and wore vivid pink

Who cares what the other guys think

Today I’ve dressed myself in white

Because my mood is happy and bright

Tomorrow I’ll look like a “Kiwi All-black”

To match the colour of my hat

No matter how we feel on the day

We all like to wear a different coloured display

So what’s so different about our outer coverings

To the way we express our skins colourings ??

Today’s poem is a copy of a comment that I wrote to Kate, of ‘CalmKate’, about her thought provoking poem “Colour”, https://aroused.blog/2020/11/06/colour/ , and big thank you to Kate for encouraging me to post my little anecdote as a poem on my site.